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African-American women have a wide variety of skin tones from lighter to darker and everything in between. And while makeup lines have improved vastly in the last five years, its still a tricky undertaking to find the right shade for your skin tone. So finding the right makeup for your personal skin tone can be [...]

Wedding Hair, Bridal Updo and Headpiece Help By Gretchen Maurer of WeddingHair.com Okay, so you have worked really hard to get the ring and now you proudly have it on your finger. A date has been set, good. Your mom and future mother-in-law want to take you gown shopping. Okay, you can handle that, you [...]

Since its advent almost a decade ago, mineral make-up has made a potpourri of promises tempting enough to make any woman at least give this image altering cosmetic a try. One of the benefits headlining mineral make-up is its proclaimed ability to help control acne and hide acne scars. Certainly, women plagued by a legion [...]

High Fashion Wedding Makeup and Hairstyles Makeup and hairstyle ideas for a formal wedding Couture wedding gown? Check. All you need is the high fashion wedding makeup and hairstyle to go with it. While some women desire a romantic, naturally flushed look on their wedding day, others hope for piercing smoky eyes and slicked back [...]

For African-American women, the cosmetics world has come a long way. Gone are the days when black women were expected to “make do†with products geared toward the Caucasian market and had to mix, mix and mix again to get that right shade (which, much of the time, still wasn’t exactly right). With that in [...]

Black Skin Makeup Tips, Applying makeup for Black, african Skin You can experiment with endless colur possiblilities as your dark eyes, hair and skin provides the perfect canvas on which to work. The key to success is to choose bold, deep colours as these will give your skin a wonderful glow. Here are some tips [...]

True Colors For Women Of Color by Cheryl Duffey Women of color have often felt ignored by cosmetics companies. Many ethnic women have had trouble finding foundation and makeup colors that are flattering . African-American women usually have sensitive, oily skin that scars easily. Products that are powdery can look ashy and chalky on darker [...]

For years, it seemed that the cosmetics industry had chosen to ignore women of color. Ethnic women often had trouble finding the right foundation, and achieving the right color usually meant buying two or three different shades and mixing them at home. The pigments that were available were often unflattering to the wide spectrum of [...]

These are great shades of lip make up for African American women: dark plums, mocha, chocolates, burgundies and deep berry shades. Soft pinks are pretty too. It is recommended for American American women to avoid orange shades of lip gloss make up. For most black women yellow undertones clash on dark skin and give a [...]

One of the first and most crucial choices to make when first considering wearing the natural look is to choose your foundation, concealer and blush colour. For ethnic skins these should be yellow in tone. For African – American it is advisable to use light, medium and dark tones so that you can match the [...]